Exploring Serverless use-cases with David McKay (Rawkode) and Alex Ellis

Many teams and developers repeat the phrase "But we're not ready for serverless yet" - but how can you be so adamant, if you've never seen what it can do for you? Join me and Rawkode as we explore Serverless use-cases and show how I used functions to automate marketing for my new eBook. Show notes and links below:

0:00 Intro music
0:30 - Introduction to our hosts
3:55 - How can you tell if you're "ready for serverless"?
07:48 - What is serverless?
10:40 - Derek and GitHub webhooks
11:40 - Okteto generated changelogs
14:03 - Workflows with Stripe
19:08 - Gumroad automation
22:30 - Webhooks for automation
23:45 - Mixing static pages and functions
29:27 - OpenFaaS end-users (adopters)
32:35 - Rawkode's Pipedream demo
36:50 - Contentful
41:19 - Web scraping
43:48 - Serverless For Everyone Else eBook